It is (Play)List Friday here at Kicking at the Darkness. This week, we’ll wrap up my Top 20 Songs (Play)List. Enjoy.

Magnificent / U2 (No Line On The Horizon)
One of the strongest songs off of NLOTH and one the loudest professions of faith in the U2 catalog- at least, that’s how I hear it. I turn this song into a prayer.

Favorite Line: “I was born, I was born to sing for you, I didn’t have a choice but to lift you up and sing whatever song you wanted me to, I give you back my voice, From the womb my first cry it was a joyful noise.”

All Along The Watchtower / Jimi Hendrix
Interesting fact: When this song comes on when I’m in the car, my vehicle turns into a helicopter and I fly missions into Vietnam. It’s true.

Favorite Line: “Let us stop talkin’ falsely now, the hour is getting late.”

Don’t You Forget About Me / Simple Minds
Have you seen Simple Minds in concert? I have. Did you every have Saturday School… In college? I did.

Favorite Line: “Smoke up Johnny!!!!!” (That’s from The Breakfast Club)

God Only Knows / Beach Boys (Pet Sounds)
The Beach Boys accomplish in 2:53 what it takes most bands lifetimes to achieve (Or not achieve).

Favorite Line: “God only knows what I’d be without you.”

A Day In the Life / The Beatles (Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band)
Chaos and order culminates into the most definitive note in rock n’ roll history.

Favorite Line: “Looking up, I noticed I was late (huff, huff, huff).”

Last Goodbye / Jeff Buckley (Grace)
The Mighty Mississippi took Jeff Buckley way too soon but not before he left us with “Grace.” This is the best track off that album and most definitely one of my favorite songs to sing along to. I can hit those high notes like no one’s business. The key is to sing with passion- a truth Buckley lived by.

Favorite Line: “Kiss me out of desire, babe, and not consolation”

The Times They Are A-Changin’ / Bob Dylan (The Times They Are A-Changin’)
Was this really written in 1964? Truth is it was written yesterday and will remain prophetic even tomorrow. Did I just blow your mind?

Favorite Line: “The line it is drawn, The curse it is cast, The slow one now will later be fast, As the present now will later be past, The order is rapidly fadin’, And the first one now will later be last, For the times they are a-changin’”

Bad-40-Where The Streets Have No Name / U2 (Electrical Storm-EP)
It’s my list and if I want to list 3 songs as 1 I will do so. Taken from the Elevation Tour: Live in Boston DVD this track contains everything you need for a live U2 experience. Add to these 3 songs Bono quoting Psalm 116 from the Message and you’ve got 12 minutes of awesome, heart-and-soul rocking music. You’re welcome!

Favorite Line: “What can I give back to God for the blessings he’s poured out on me?”

Mighty To Save / Hillsong (Mighty to Save)
I often wonder which church songs that we sing today will my son be singing 30 years from now. I hope that he will be singing this one… loudly, passionately, and with conviction.

Favorite Line: “So take me as you find me, all my fears and failures, and fill my life again. I give my life to follow, everything I believe in, now I surrender.“